"Focus (Stan Getz album) Focus is a jazz album recorded in 1961, featuring Stan Getz on tenor saxophone with a string orchestra. The album is a suite which was originally commissioned by Getz from composer and arranger Eddie Sauter. Widely regarded as a high point for both men's careers, ""Focus"" was described by Getz as his favorite of all his recordings. The pair would next collaborate on their soundtrack to the 1965 film ""Mickey One"". As noted in the booklet for the 1997 CD reissue, Sauter's orchestration did not include melodies for Getz. Rather, Sauter left spaces in the arrangements"
"the same personnel, the only change being Frank Isola on drums in place of Art Mardigan"". Stan Getz at The Shrine Stan Getz at The Shrine is a live jazz album by American saxophonist Stan Getz, recorded in 1954. It was originally released in 1955 on Norgran Records (which would be absorbed by Verve Records in 1956) as a 2 LP set, then reissued on CD by Verve as MGV 8188-2. This was the first concert recording for Stan Getz. Norman Granz commented: ""Last year, 1954, I presented a nationwide concert tour with the Duke Ellington band, the Dave Brubeck"
"you. Voyage (Stan Getz album) Voyage is a 1986 jazz album by American saxophonist Stan Getz, accompanied by pianist Kenny Barron, who consistently played with his group for his last five years of career, bassist George Mraz, and drummer Victor Lewis. This album was released late in Getz' career and was rare to find until its 2008 re-release due to high demand and low supply. The style of ""Voyage"" is very versatile, ranging from Cool Jazz to Post-Bop. The album is voted as one of the Top 100 Jazz Albums of All Time by Carlos Sampayo. Scott Yanow of AllMusic"
"Söderhamn, in the Hälsingland province of Sweden. Studying classical piano as a child, he would also go on to master the guitar, organ and accordion, before turning on to swing and bebop as a teenager. He met saxophonist Stan Getz while at university. He abandoned his studies to play jazz full-time, and worked with many American jazz musicians, becoming the first European to be invited to join the Jazz at the Philharmonic package. The years 1961 to 1968 produced a string of classic albums, which would help define his style of re-imagining traditional European folk tunes via jazz and the"
"Voyage (Stan Getz album) Voyage is a 1986 jazz album by American saxophonist Stan Getz, accompanied by pianist Kenny Barron, who consistently played with his group for his last five years of career, bassist George Mraz, and drummer Victor Lewis. This album was released late in Getz' career and was rare to find until its 2008 re-release due to high demand and low supply. The style of ""Voyage"" is very versatile, ranging from Cool Jazz to Post-Bop. The album is voted as one of the Top 100 Jazz Albums of All Time by Carlos Sampayo. Scott Yanow of AllMusic has"
"impressed by the composer's ability to find an original musical approach to each picture. This time, Sarde, who always closely follows the editing process, suggested that they needed a strong soloist, preferably a tenor saxophone player, who would serve as a musical counterpart for the actor Alain Delon's famous good looks. Being a perfectionist, he opted for Stan Getz, one of the all-time great tenor saxophonists. Watching Getz's performance, Lautner decided to find a way to put the musician in the picture. He filmed Getz playing the opening theme, ""Paris, Cinq Heures du Matin"", solo, and it's the saxophonist's silhouette"
"Jane Getz Jane Getz (born 12 September 1942) is an American jazz pianist and session musician. Getz learned classical piano as a child and began playing jazz at the age of nine. She lived in California early in life but when she was sixteen moved to New York City. There she immediately found work playing with Pony Poindexter and later performed with Charles Mingus, Herbie Mann, Stan Getz, Roland Kirk, Jay Clayton, Charles Lloyd, and Pharoah Sanders. In the early 1970s Getz returned to Los Angeles and found work as a studio musician. She recorded country music for RCA Records"
"Stan Getz at The Shrine Stan Getz at The Shrine is a live jazz album by American saxophonist Stan Getz, recorded in 1954. It was originally released in 1955 on Norgran Records (which would be absorbed by Verve Records in 1956) as a 2 LP set, then reissued on CD by Verve as MGV 8188-2. This was the first concert recording for Stan Getz. Norman Granz commented: ""Last year, 1954, I presented a nationwide concert tour with the Duke Ellington band, the Dave Brubeck Quartet, the Gerry Mulligan Quartet, and the Stan Getz Quintet. On the closing night of the"
"People Time: The Complete Recordings People Time: The Complete Recordings is a set of seven CDs of music by saxophonist Stan Getz and pianist Kenny Barron which was recorded in 1991 at Jazzhus Montmartre in Copenhagen, Denmark. It was released in 2010. When this album was recorded, Getz was suffering greatly from the liver cancer that would end his life three months after its completion. There were times that he had to take a break to allow the pain to subside, and he was urged to call a halt. However, he insisted on completing both the engagement at Jazzhus Montmartre"
"for ""Best Improvised Jazz Solo"" for ""500 Miles High"" by the American Association of Independent Music in 2012. ""Forever"", a two disc album including a version of ""500 Miles High"", reached number four on ""Billboard""s Jazz Albums chart. Jazz saxophonist Stan Getz recorded an early version of ""500 Miles High"" for his album ""Captain Marvel"". He performs it as an instrumental, with the melody line played on saxophone. Along with drummer Tony Williams, Getz is backed by Corea on piano, Stanley Clarke on bass, and Airto Moreira on percussion, who were just forming Return to Forever. Although the piece was"
"West Coast Jazz (Stan Getz album) West Coast Jazz is a 1955 album by Stan Getz accompanied by a quartet including trumpeter Conte Candoli. Getz recorded the album in California, where he was filming parts for ""The Benny Goodman Story"", and appearing for a week at the nightclub Zardi's Jazzland. The musicians that accompanied him at Zardi's were chosen by Getz to make this album with him. The title of the album is an in-joke as Getz was not associated with the West Coast jazz style. The artwork for the album was created by David Stone Martin. The album was"
"favours vintage equipment and hollow body guitars, and currently endorses Gretsch guitars. Vintage guitars: Signature guitars: Other guitars: Effects: Amplifiers: Brian Setzer Brian Robert Setzer (born April 10, 1959) is an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He found widespread success in the early 1980s with the 1950s-style rockabilly group Stray Cats, and revitalized his career in the early 1990s with his swing revival band, the Brian Setzer Orchestra. Setzer was born April 1959 in Massapequa, New York. He started on the euphonium and played in jazz bands when he was in school. He found a way to hear jazz at"
"orchestrated some little-known piano works by Tchaikovsky such as ""The Seasons"", along with themes from the opera ""Cherevichki"" and the latter part of the symphonic fantasia ""Francesca da Rimini"". He also produced Cranko’s ""Swan Lake"" and ""Les Sylphides"" and worked in radio and cinema. In 1968 he appeared as harpsichordist with the Württemberg Chamber Orchestra conducted by Jörg Faerber in the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London. He died in Munich in August 1970, aged 44. Kurt-Heinz Stolze Kurt-Heinz Stolze (26 January 192612 August 1970) was a German pianist, harpsichordist and composer. He was born in Hamburg. He studied piano, organ"
"Moon, Cheek to Cheek, Crissy's Blues, Easy to Love, A Foggy Day, Have You Met Miss Jones, Let's Fall in Love, Prelude to a Kiss, Speak Low, The Way You Look Tonight, and You Don't Know What Love Is. Stan Seltzer Stanley Wilson Seltzer (November 8, 1927 – August 1, 2000) was a jazz pianist. He was born in Aurora, Illinois, on November 8, 1927. Seltzer was born musically gifted. He began studying piano at the age of four. He had the ability to hear something and play it back. For several years he fooled his teachers into thinking that"
"are based on healing tones for the chakras and are featured on his ""Mandalas"" album. <br> Anti Tank Guitar The Anti Tank Guitar or A.T.G. is a large multi-stringed instrument that can express tones including and beyond the chromatic scale. The most notable A.T.G. was designed by Matthew Schultz in 1989. It was based on a conceptually designed instrument by experimental musician Brad Braun. Since 1990, Schultz has created five variations, named Mark I, Mark II, Mark III, Mark IV and Mark V respectively. It was most notably used in Schultz's musical project Lab Report, as well as during his"
"those of the Four Brothers in the Woody Herman orchestra, including Stan Getz who in the 1960s went on to great popular success playing the Brazilian bossa nova sound on tenor saxophone (not forgetting John Coltrane, Dexter Gordon and Sonny Rollins). In recent years, the tenor continues to be very popular with fans of smooth jazz music, being played by artists like Kirk Whalum, Richard Elliot, Steve Cole and Jessy J. Saxophonists Ron Holloway and Karl Denson are two of the major proponents of the tenor on the jam band music scene. As a result of its prominence in American"
"steady guitar pulse anchoring his delicate, fluid vocal melodies. While cuts like ""Chega de Saudade"" and ""Doralice"" retain all the warmth and beauty of the original 1964 recordings, at the Keystone Getz and his band color them in surprising yet still thoughtful ways. The result is an evening of organic, dreamlike splendor"". Writing in The Observer Dave Gelly said ""The original 1964 ""Getz/Gilberto"" album is a masterpiece, and this never reaches those heights, but there’s something spellbinding about Gilberto’s intensity when facing a live audience, close-up"". Getz/Gilberto '76 Getz/Gilberto '76 is a live album by saxophonist Stan Getz and guitarist/vocalist"
"that the law discriminated against women who, like her, could be bankrupted by paying trial lawyers. The Supreme Court declined to hear the case. Zoot Sims, who had known Getz since their time with Herman, once described him as ""a nice bunch of guys"", alluding to the wide range of his personality. Getz died of liver cancer on June 6, 1991. His ashes were poured from his saxophone case six miles off the coast of Marina del Rey, California, by his grandson, Chris. In 1998, the Stan Getz Media Center and Library at Berklee College of Music was dedicated through"
"The Song Is You (Stan Getz album) The Song Is You is a live album by saxophonist Stan Getz which was released on the Laserlight label in 1996. The AllMusic review by Michael G. Nastos stated """"The Song Is You"" is a missing link between a less than successful teaming with Bill Evans, and the more modern quartet music Getz played thereafter with Corea, Jimmy Rowles, Joanne Brackeen, or Kenny Barron. It's a very worthwhile item to own if you search for it, well recorded and performed by a group that could collectively be the most purely talented of any"
"The Soft Swing The Soft Swing is an album by saxophonist Stan Getz and recorded in 1957 and first released on the Verve label. Per the liner notes by Stewart Clay on a 2016 CD re-release, it was the only studio session in which Getz collaborated with Mose Allison, although some Mutual broadcasts from the Village Vanguard and the Red Hill Inn (Pennsauken, New Jersey) are included as bonus tracks of the re-release. The original liner notes by Nat Hentoff, co-editor of ""The Jazz Review"" (and reproduced on the 2016 re-release), claim that Getz was ""at an unusually provocative stage"
"trademark stubbornness in adhering to those principles that made modern jazz so great, made for a tension that came pouring out of the speakers with great mutual respect shining forth from every cut — especially the steamy Latin-drenched title track. Along with ""Sweet Rain"", recorded for Verve, ""Captain Marvel"" is the finest recording Getz made in the late 1960s - early 1970s"". ""All compositions by Chick Corea except as noted"". Captain Marvel (album) Captain Marvel is a jazz album by saxophonist Stan Getz released in 1974 on the Columbia Records label. The album features performances by Getz with Chick Corea,"
"gig he could get. It was somewhat common for Bromberg to play ""five to seven nights a week with several different bands."" In 1979, Marc Johnson, the bassist working for the jazz pianist Bill Evans, heard Bromberg's playing. Johnson later suggested Bromberg to saxophonist Stan Getz, who was in search of a new bass player. Getz took the suggestion seriously, and auditioned Bromberg soon thereafter. Within only six years of him picking up the bass, Bromberg found himself at the age of 19 touring internationally with Getz. Other than the thrill of playing with a world-class tenor saxophonist, more opportunities"
"Moonlight in Vermont (album) Moonlight in Vermont is a 1956 compilation album by jazz guitarist Johnny Smith, featuring tenor saxophonist Stan Getz. The material on the album was recorded between 1952 and 1953, and was drawn from two 10-inch Lps, both titled ""Jazz at NBC"", which were previously issued by the Royal Roost label. Titled for Smith's breakthrough hit song, it was the No.1 Jazz Album for 1956. It was popularly and critically well received and has come to be regarded as an important album in Smith's discography, in the cool jazz genre and in the evolution of jazz guitar."
"with Bobby Hackett. In the early 1960s, he worked in Germany in the orchestra of Kurt Edelhagen. He did little playing after the end of the 1960s. Carter died in Honolulu, Hawaii in 1993 at the age of 71. With Stan Getz Bob Carter (musician) Robert Kahakalau, better known as Bob Carter (February 11, 1922 – August 1, 1993) was an American jazz bassist and arranger. Born in New Haven, Connecticut in 1922, Carter learned bass and guitar from his father, a vaudeville performer of Hawaiian heritage. He played in local orchestras from 1937 to 1940, toured from 1940 to"
"Helmut Brandt (musician) Helmut Brandt (January 1, 1931, Berlin - July 26, 2001, Stuttgart) was a German jazz baritone saxophonist and bandleader. His style was heavily influenced by Stan Getz and Gil Evans. Brandt sang in a church choir as a boy, and played violin from age ten before learning saxophone and guitar at a conservatory. He began playing professionally in 1950 and led his own group by 1954. Through the end of the 1950s he worked in a Berlin radio dance band, and played in the orchestras of Lubo D'Orio and Kurt Widmann. His Mainstream Orchestra was popular in"
"Stan Getz discography The recordings of American jazz saxophonist Stan Getz from 1944 to 1991. With Herb Alpert With Chet Baker With Count Basie and Sarah Vaughan With Dee Bell With Tony Bennett With Buddy Bregman With Bob Brookmeyer With Herb Ellis With Everything But The Girl With Ella Fitzgerald With Dizzy Gillespie With Benny Goodman With Jimmy Gourley With Michele Hendricks With Huey Lewis and the News With Peter Herbolzheimer With Woody Herman With Kimiko Kasai With Stan Kenton With John Lewis With Abbey Lincoln With Michael McDonald With Barry Manilow With Helen Merrill With Annie Ross With Diane"
"of Jazz Educators. While attending the Arranger’s Workshop at the Eastman School of Music in the summer of 1974, he was selected to write a feature arrangement for Stan Getz, tenor saxophonist. In 1982 and 1986 he took jazz combos on tour in Guatemala and Costa Rica. In May 1986, he took the University of Alabama Jazz Ensemble to Disney World for three days of performing. During the course of his tenure at the University of Alabama, he and the UA Jazz Ensemble worked with such stars as Bob Hope, Dave Brubeck, Jim Nabors, Vic Damone and Joan Rivers plus"
"numerous other musicians. Stan Getz was featured as a tenor saxophone soloist on ""Early Autumn"", a huge hit for the band and the launching platform for Getz's solo career. Burns also worked in a small band with soloists including Bill Harris and Charlie Ventura. The success of the Herman band provided Burns the ability to record under his own name in the 1950s. In the 1950s Burns played nightly from 5pm -9pm in The Baroque Room at Oscar's Delmonico restaurant in Downtown Manhattan. He collaborated with Billy Strayhorn, Lee Konitz and Ben Webster to create both jazz and classical recordings."
"to use all the instruments at hand all the time. His sparing use of the ensemble allows the beauty of the soloist and the material to shine through"". Although not reaching the chart heights of its predecessor, the album performed respectably on the charts. On the ""Billboard"" Top LP chart, it reached position #13, staying on for 23 weeks. Big Band Bossa Nova (Stan Getz album) Big Band Bossa Nova is a 1962 album by saxophonist Stan Getz with the Gary McFarland Orchestra. The album was arranged and conducted by Gary McFarland and produced by Creed Taylor for Verve Records."
"Christof Pezel and Sigmund Theophil Staden. Also many European church musicians of the 17th and 18th centuries were multi-instrumentalists, who played several instruments. Georg Philipp Telemann for example played violin, viola da gamba, recorder, flauto traverso, oboe, shawm, sackbut and double bass. Some famous classical composer-performers could play multiple instruments at a high level, such as Mozart, who was a virtuoso on the keyboard and violin. Music written for symphony orchestra usually calls for a percussion section featuring a number of musicians who might each play a variety of different instruments during a performance. Orchestras will also often, but not"
"his performance, an air raid siren sounded, causing the audience to panic. Stern then stepped onto the stage and began playing a movement of Bach. The audience then calmed down, donned gas masks, and sat throughout the rest of his performance. Stern was a supporter of several educational projects in Israel, among them the America-Israel Foundation and the Jerusalem Music Center. Stern's favorite instrument was the Ysaÿe Guarnerius, one of the violins produced by the Cremonese luthier Giuseppe Guarneri del Gesù. It had previously been played by the violin virtuoso and composer Eugène Ysaÿe. Among other instruments, Stern played the"
"the tasteful, inventive creativity that has long been a hallmark of Getz's recordings."" The initial ""Billboard"" magazine review from October 15, 1955, wrote that the album had ""Name power, talent, and a display worthy cover tag this as a leader. The stuff is modern, interesting, and it swings powerfully when its supposed to. For musicians and for fans, this one is tops."" Production West Coast Jazz (Stan Getz album) West Coast Jazz is a 1955 album by Stan Getz accompanied by a quartet including trumpeter Conte Candoli. Getz recorded the album in California, where he was filming parts for ""The"
"the tenor saxophonist Stan Getz, recording ""Dear Old Stockholm"" (originally ""Ack Värmeland du sköna"") with him, and alto player Lee Konitz in 1951, and trumpeters Clifford Brown and Quincy Jones in 1953. Jones first recorded arrangement featured Hallberg. In the same period he worked with baritone saxophonist Lars Gullin, another leading Swedish player of the time. Both players were associated with the 'Cool Jazz' scene in their country, influenced by the American school around pianist Lennie Tristano, a Hallberg favourite with whom Konitz was associated. Hallberg had a versatile style and in his later years he wrote music for film"